Reposting to include Marion’s new review.
Last Exit by Max Gladstone
Here is Max Gladstone’s recipe for a Last Exit (2022) cocktail:
- One part fervent, confident intensity of young adulthood
- One part fever dream (or nightmare) of magic and alternate worlds
- Add bitters in the form of mid-life fears, regrets, and resignations born out of both trauma and simple aging
- Splash of Mad Max
- Zest of Zelazny
- Stir with a rusty spoon of entropy
- Pour slowly into a clear (eyed) glass filled one-quarter with the crushed ice-dreams of Americana myth and rimmed with sugar for a little bit of innocent sweetness
- Serve with a shot of hope (the kind that burns on the way down)(And don’t forget to tip your bartender — you’re going to be a regular)
Gladstone’s newest is a darkly compelling and intense work,
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